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Mid Summer Heat
Mid summer in Wisconsin means heat and humidity, which frequently means storms, sometimes wild ones. Here in Okee it seems we get one or...
Tim Escher
Jun 251 min read
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Burn Season
Early spring, mid-March, has traditionally been burn season for prairies in Southern Wisconsin the last few decades. Why do we burn? The...
Tim Escher
Mar 272 min read
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In Defense of Parks
Having been on the local town park commission for a few years in two stints, as well as volunteer involvement with parks for over 30...
Tim Escher
Feb 43 min read
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End of an era, and spring plans
Okee Serengeti For over 30 years we have had a dedicated group of bow hunters harvesting deer off of Cave Bluff. Quite a few deer have...
Tim Escher
Jan 242 min read
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Feeling Erratic and Other Updates
If you haven't been out hiking lately, now would be a good time to go before snow comes. The leaves are gone and you notice a lot of...
Tim Escher
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Hunting Season Begins
If you go for a hike this fall, you will see signs like this one: What does this mean? Is hunting going on right now? What kind of...
Tim Escher
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Fall is coming, time to get back to work
The white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) is blooming, and that means fall is coming. I always call it the "back-to-school plant",...
Tim Escher
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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Thirty Years War
When we got the first 50 acres of Cave Bluff in 1990, the next winter we tried our hand at prairie restoration and took down a grove of...
Tim Escher
Aug 4, 20242 min read
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Welcome to Cave Bluff
Welcome to the new Cave Bluff website. We decided to create a place where people could learn more about what is happening with the trails...
Tim Escher
Jul 28, 20241 min read
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